Rough Cut 19: Bottoms (2023)

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09/29/23 • 95 min

**Congrats on the WGA for their deal with the AMPTP — solidarity with SAG-AFTRA and other unions that are fighting for a fair deal.** In this episode of Black Girl Film Club, we talk about fight clubs, classic teen comedies, and what's next in the queer movie canon in Bottoms (2023), directed by Emma Seligman and starring Rachel Senott, Ayo Edebiri, and Marshawn Lynch. This week's recommendations: Superbad (2007), Heathers (1988), Jawbreaker (1995) Support your girls with a ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

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Rough Cut 18: Freeway (1996) and Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick Baby (1999)

We finally gave in to you, the listeners, and answered a request. In this episode, we review Freeway (1996), a loose adaptation on Red Riding Hooding directed by Matthew Bright and starring Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland and Freeway II: Confessions of a Trick Baby (1999), its Hansel and Gretel-esque sequel directed again by Matthew Bright and starring Natasha Lyonne and Vincent Gallo. This is...........a journey. This week's recommendation: Hard Candy(2005) Support your girls with a ko-fi! ko-fi.com/blackgirlfilmclub Check out the rest of our socials at linktr.ee/blackgirlfilmclub

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